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Agencies at Work on the Suppression of the Salt-Marsh 

 Mosquito 



The State Experiment Station, under the authority of 

 Chapter 134, Laws of 1906, has been draining the salt marsh as 

 rapidly as the funds granted by the Legislature would permit, 

 and has in addition furnished under the terms of that act advice 

 and plans for much locally supported work in mosquito sup- 

 pression of both salt-marsh and fresh-water character. 



The County Mosquito Extermination Commissions, under 

 authority of Chapter 104, Laws of 1912, have taken up the work 

 of maintaining the salt-marsh drainage systems already estab- 

 lished by the Experiment Station and other agencies within 

 their territories, and have undertaken and carried out much new 

 salt-marsh mosquito drainage. Many of these commissions 

 have also successfully attacked the problem of fresh-water 

 mosquito control. 



There exists an essential relationship between these organ- 

 izations. Under the provisions of Chapter 104, Laws of 1912, the 

 Experiment Station is called upon to furnish plans and advice 

 when requested, and to pass upon the reasonableness of the 

 annual plans and estimates of each of the county commissions. 



A little more than five years ago a state-wide anti-mosquito 

 association was formed known as the New Jersey Mosquito Ex- 

 termination Association. This association starting with less than 

 200 members has now grown to more than 2,100. Its sole pur- 

 pose is to forward the anti-mosquito movement to the end that 

 the state may be freed from this pest. 



More recently the Department of Conservation and Develop- 

 ment has taken Up the movement and is now bending its efforts 

 to the same end. This year the Department of Charities and 

 Corrections has also taken this matter up and purposes to furnish 

 at a reasonable figure prison labor for salt-marsh mosquito drain- 

 age. 



New Jersey Can Be Rid of Its Salt-Marsh Mosquitoes 

 in 5 Years 



At the present rate of drainage, a little less than 10,000 acres 

 per year (of which the state does now only 25 per cent) 15 years 

 will be required to complete the initial work. 



It is planned that the State of New Jersey shall expend 

 enough money annually (an average of $180,000) so that the 

 initial drainage of the salt-marsh may be completed in 5 years, 

 and that the maintenance of the drainage systems thus estab- 

 lished shall be taken care of by the county units. 



